(From Sports Business Daily)
ESPN is collaborating with CAA and WALT DISNEY STUDIOS to "produce and distribute theatrical films with sports themes," according to BROOKS BARNES of THE NEW YORK TIMES.
As part of ESPN's "expansion in filmed entertainment," the net also is hiring 30 filmmakers to produce one-hour mini-movies to appear on ESPN starting in September 2009.
The movies will be financed by ESPN parent company WALT DISNEY, outside investors or a "combination thereof."
ESPN execs declined to comment on finances except to say that budgets would "vary by project."
Barnes writes ESPN's "sports expertise, the deep talent relationships of CAA and the movie-making experience of WALT DISNEY STUDIO may add up to a dream team, but producers warn that sports-themed movies are among the most difficult to execute."
RON SHELTON, who has written sports movies such as BULL DURHAM andWHITE MEN CAN'T JUMP said of sports-themed films, "These movies are an incredible balancing act."
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